Curriculum Vitae
“I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do.” —Helen Keller
| Background | Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Education | |
| 1991 | Artworks: The Visual Art School for Continuing Education, Princeton, New Jersey, USA (Short Course on Stone Carving & Apprenticeship under sculptor Milt Liebson at Artworks) |
| 1989 | Studio Three: Adult Education Art Group. Continuing Education Program, Santa Barbara City College, California, USA |
| 1986 | Post Graduate Diploma in International Affairs. Bandaranaike Center for International Studies, Sri Lanka |
| 1984 | BA Degree in Political Science, Sociology, and Economics. University of Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2022 | Monsters and Mortals, Barefoot Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 2018 | The City: Janus Faced, Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi, India |
| 2016 | Memory Keeper, Hempel Galleries, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 2013 | Memory Keeper, Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi, India |
| 2012 | Comfort Zones, Kashi Gallery, Kochi, India |
| 2011 | Kuveni: The Queen of Lanka, Hempel Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 2007 | Comfort Zones, Red Dot Gallery, Pita Kotte, Sri Lanka |
| 2003 | Goddesses Descending. Studio @ HW Architects, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 2001 | In the Entangled Web. Barefoot Gallery, Sri Lanka |
| 1999 | My Narratives. Gallery 706, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 1998 | The Vehicle Named Woman. Heritage Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Undated | Self Help. International art exhibition in Malmö, Växjö, Örebro and Stockholm in Sweden. Represented Asia with a collection of work consisting of paintings and installations. |
| 1997 | Aditi, an exhibition of paintings. Lionel Wendt Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 1995 |
Aditi, an exhibition of paintings and sculpture. Lionel Wendt Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka Aditi, an exhibition of sculpture. Hotel Ceylon Inter-Continental. Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 1993 | An Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture. The Alliance Francaise De Colombo Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 1992 | An Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture. The Students’ Center. Chancellor Green Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA |
| 1991 |
An Exhibition of Paintings at "Nicoleti" (University Center). University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA An Exhibition of Paintings. University Center Gallery. University of California, Santa Barbara, USA |
| 1989 | Kala Nirmana. Multicultural Center. University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA |
| Group Exhibitions | |
| 2023 |
Witness(eth), Galle Face Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India Art Dubai, Madinat Jumeriah, Dubai Visible/ Invisible, Museum of Art and Photography (MAP), Bangalore, India Notations on Time, Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai, UAE |
| 2022 |
Delhi Contemporary Art Week, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India Visible/Invisible: Representation of Women in Art through the MAP Collection, Museum of Art & Photography, Bangalore, India The Brilliant Resilient, The Upside Space, online international platform |
| 2021 |
Fantasy of having a trailer wagon all to myself, Tatiana de Stempel & GALLERY 46, London, UK Visions of India: From Colonial to Contemporary, Monash Gallery of Art, Victoria, Australia Delhi Contemporary Art Week, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India (ME)(MORY), Vadera Gallery, New Delhi, India #NotYourAverag, Zaaman Art, Islamabad, Pakistan It Didn’t Last Long, 1864 – Galle Face Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 2020 | Mutant, Aknoon Art Gallery, Teheran, Iran |
| 2019 |
Colombo Scope: Sea Change: As Tide Turns, Rio Complex, Colombo, Sri Lanka Delhi Art Contemporary Week, Visual Art Gallery & Open Palm Court Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India One Hundred Thousand Small Tales, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Colombo, Sri Lanka Greetings from India, 5th Edition of Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, China |
| 2018 |
India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India Lapses, Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai, India The Edge, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India 4th Edition of Kochi Muziris Biennale, Aspinwall Hall, Fort Kochi, Kochi, India |
| 2017 |
India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India Lapses, Harrington Street Arts Centre, Kolkata, India Tale of Two Cities, Red Dot Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka Portraits of Intervention, Aicon Gallery, New York, USA Return in Search of Stillness, Sciennes Gallery, Summer Hall, Edinburgh, UK Dhaka Art Summit, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 2016 |
India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India Imagined Futures and Reconstructed Pasts, Bikaner House, New Delhi, India Tale of Two Cities, Adil Shah Palace, Goa, India Tale of Two Cities, Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts, New Delhi, India |
| 2015 |
India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India Excavation/ Eruption, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, India Performed, Lionel Wendt Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 2014 |
India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India Colombo Art Biennale, J. D. A. Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka Memorabilia, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, India Invented Identities, Shrine Empire Gallery, New Delhi, India Serendipity Revealed, Brunei Gallery, London, UK Beware: Wet Ink, Lionel Wendt Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 2013 |
India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India Art Basel 2013, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong Serendipity Revealed, China Art Project Space, Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Becoming: Colombo Art Biennale, J. D. A. Perera Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 2011 | Theertha Artists at Shanthi Road, 1 Shanthi Road, Bangalore, India |
| 2010 |
Between Kismet and Karma, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK Theertha Artists at Shanthi Road, 1 Shanthi Road, Bangalore, India Artful Resistance: Contemporary Art From Sri Lanka, Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt, Germany Creating Commonwealth, DLF Emporio Mall (by Gallery Ragini), Delhi, India |
| 2009 |
Theertha Art- Works on Paper, National Art Gallery, Male, Maldives Colombo Art biennale, Park Street, Colombo, Sri Lanka Artful Resistance: Crisis and Creativity in Sri Lanka, Museum für Völkerkunde, Austria Separating Myth from Reality (Art Festival), Siddhartha Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| 2008 | Six Degrees of Separation, Ananth Gallery, Delhi, India |
| 2007 | Arte Curioso, Red Dot Gallery, Pita Kotte, Sri Lanka. Images of Globalization, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 2006 | (A)critical Intimacy, Harold Peiris Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 2005 |
Swedish Sri Lankan Artists’ Residency Exhibition, Harold Peiris Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka Ten Artists Exhibition, Millesgarden, Lidingo, Sweden |
| 2004 | Urban and the Individual, Finomenal Space Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 2002 |
2nd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, Fukuoka, Japan Asian Art Festival, Fukuoka, Japan ‘Crafty Thoughts’, University of Liverpool Gallery, Liverpool, UK |
| 2000 | ‘Reclaiming Histories: A Retrospective Exhibition of Women’s Art’. Sapumal Foundation Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 1999 |
Exhibition of selected works by women artists commemorating ‘Women’s Day’. The VAFA Gallery, Ethul Kotte, Sri Lanka Third International Artists’ Camp No Order Group Exhibition’. VAFA Gallery, Ethul Kotte, Sri Lanka |
| 1998 |
INDEPENDENCE, an art exhibition to commemorate 50 years of independence in Sri Lanka. Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka Self Help Art Exhibition. Lionel Wendt Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka Modes and Moods. The National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 1997 |
Nawa Kalakaruwo Exhibition. The National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka Exhibition of Contemporary Sri Lankan Sculpture. The National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka First International Artists’ Camp Exhibition, National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 1996 | Young Contemporaries Exhibition. The National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 1995 | Nawa Kalakaruwo Exhibition. The National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 1993 | Young Contemporaries Exhibition. The National Art Gallery. Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 1991 | Art: the Prism of the Spirit. Gallery 1434. University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA |
| 1989 |
Spectrum. An Exhibition of Paintings. Antioch University Gallery. Santa Barbara, California, USA Reflecting Culture Through Art. Reynolds Gallery and Kerrwood Gallery. Westmont College, Montecito, California, USA Diversity, The Unfolding Mystery. University Center Gallery. University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA A Painting and Photography Exhibition. Antioch University Gallery, Santa Barbara, California, USA A Painting Exhibition. Cabrillo Art Center. Santa Barbara, California, USA Faces and Figures. Pascual’s Upstairs Gallery. Santa Barbara, California, USA |
| Workshops, Symposiums and Lectures | |
| 2018 | Presenter in Fast Forward 2: Women in Photography Workshop, AKJMass Communications Research Center at Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India |
| 2017 |
Panelist in the Discussion of Yashodhara Dalmia’s book ‘Buddha to Krishna: Life and times of George Keyt’. British Council, New Delhi, India Presenter in the international conference on ‘Buddhist Cultural Pluralism in South Asia: Explorations in Popular Contemporary Buddhist Imageries’, Royal University of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan Presented paper titled, “How I Came to Fear Hell: Story Telling and Visual Narratives in Buddhist Socialization” |
| 2016 |
Panelist in the Discussion of Tale of Two cities project, Spotlight, India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India Tale of Two Cities Residency, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka Tale of Two Cities Residency, Varanasi, India |
| 2015 | Panelist in the Discussion of ‘Fabric & Fabrication’, Speaker Forum, India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, India |
| 2008 | Foundations & Networks International Workshop 2008, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2003 | Lijiang International Artists Workshop, Lijiang, China |
| 2002 |
Art Exchange Program. The 2nd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale, 2002 ‘Artists and Artist-space in Asia: Growth, Interactivity and Creation’. Opening Symposium for 2nd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale. Visiting Artist, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, Australia South Asia Conference 2002, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK |
| 2000 | Artists’ for Peace flag Project, Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts, Ethul Kotte, Sri Lanka |
| 1999 |
Participation in the Third International Artists’ Camp at Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka Participation in the KHOJ International Artists’ Workshop, Modinagar, India KHOJ Symposium, New Delhi, India |
| 1998 |
Seminar for South Asian Artists Network Project. International Centre, New Delhi, India Theertha International Artists’ Workshop, Lunuganga, Sri Lanka |
| 1997 |
Artists Against War Flag Project Workshop. Vibhavi Academy of Fine Arts, Colombo, Sri Lanka Self Help Workshop. Angelholm/Helsingborg, Sweden Participation in the First International Artists’ Camp at Kandalama, Sri Lanka |
| Awards | |
| 1994 | Young Artist of the Year, Young Contemporaries Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 1999 | Bunka Award for Special Achievement in Painting and Sculpture. The Japan Sri Lanka Friendship Fund |